Sirach 14
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| 1 | Blessed is the man that hath not slipt with his mouth, and is not pricked with the multitude of sinnes. |
| 2 | Blessed is hee whose conscience hath not condemned him, and who is not fallen from his hope in the Lord. |
| 3 | Riches are not comely for a niggard: and what should an enuious man doe with money? |
| 4 | He that gathereth by defrauding his owne soule, gathereth for others, that shall spend his goods riotously. |
| 5 | Hee that is euill to himselfe, to whom will he be good? he shall not take pleasure in his goods. |
| 6 | There is none worse then he that enuieth himselfe; and this is a recompence of his wickednesse. |
| 7 | And if he doth good, he doth it vnwillingly, and at the last he will declare his wickednesse. |
| 8 | The enuious man hath a wicked eye, he turneth away his face and despiseth men. |
| 9 | A couetous mans eye is not satisfied with his portion, and the iniquity of the wicked dryeth vp his soule. |
| 10 | A wicked eye enuieth bread, and he is a niggard at his table. |
| 11 | My sonne, according to thy habilitie doe good to thy selfe, and giue the Lord his due offering. |
| 12 | Remember that death will not be long in comming, and that the couenant of the graue is not shewed vnto thee. |
| 13 | Doe good vnto thy friend before thou die, and according to thy abilitie, stretch out thy hand and giue to him. |
| 14 | Defraud not thy selfe of the good day, and let not the part of a good desire ouerpasse thee. |
| 15 | Shalt thou not leaue thy trauailes vnto another? and thy labours to be diuided by lot? |
| 16 | Giue, and take, and sanctifie thy soule, for there is no seeking of dainties in the graue. |
| 17 | All flesh waxeth old as a garment: for the couenant from the beginning is; thou shalt die the death. |
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| 18 | As of the greene leaues on a thicke tree, some fall, and some grow; so is the generation of flesh and blood, one commeth to an end, and another is borne. |
| 19 | Euery worke rotteth and consumeth away, and the worker therof shal goe withall. |
| 20 | Blessed is the man that doeth meditate good things in wisdome, and that reasoneth of holy things by his vnderstanding. |
| 21 | He that considereth her wayes in his heart, shall also haue vnderstanding in her secrets. |
| 22 | Goe after her as one that traceth, and lie in wait in her wayes. |
| 23 | Hee that prieth in at her windowes, shal also hearken at her doores. |
| 24 | Hee that doeth lodge neere her house, shall also fasten a pin in her walles. |
| 25 | He shall pitch his tent nigh vnto her, and shall lodge in a lodging where good things are. |
| 26 | He shal set his children vnder her shelter, and shall lodge vnder her branches. |
| 27 | By her he shall be couered from heat, and in her glory shall he dwell. |